Excerpt from Papers and Records, Vol. 13 The Post Office at Richmond Hill was established on 6th January, 1836, the postmasters having been successively: 1st, J ames Sinclair; 2ud, John Wallington, and 3rd, Matthew Teefy. The appointment of Mr. Teefy, the writer, is dated 3rd December, 1850, and he may therefore claim to be the oldest postmaster in the Dominion of Canada. At the time of appointment, the Post Ofiice Department of Canada was under the control of Mr. T. A. Stayner, as the deputy of the postmaster-general of England. The Canadian Government assumed the control of the Department on 6th April, 1851, When the Hon. James Morris was ap pointed the first Postmaster General of Canada. At that time the rates of postage, reckoned in shillings and pence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.